Look at when your actual bill cycle date is...you say 26 days left on your current bill cycle...that most likely puts your bill cycle date on jan 30-31st. May not make a huge difference...but bill cycle dates almost never fall on the first of the month...it's usually set to a day or two after the day of first activation...for instance if you started service on the 6th of the month your bill cycle date is usually the 7th or 8th....not really sure why but that is how AT&T works...and I know this because I work for them! If that doesn't account for it...dial 611 and talk to someone in billing and get them to analyze your current usage and ask when the extra texts were sent/received! hope this helps!!!

you can export a detailed copy of your bill from your at&t account page to excel format. That will allow you to create your own reports or whatever you need. also keep in mind that your billing cycle doesn't match the months. You should look at the dates on your account to see when your cycle actually is. The only way it would match the calendar months is if you signed your contract on the first of a month. does that help?

Don't received texts count as well? So, if you sent 54 and got a response to each, it would actually be using 108 texts...May be wrong on that, but that's my understanding.

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This is true. Texts count both ways. If you send them it counts, if someone sends you a text, that counts. Pretty easy to go over 200 texts in my opinion. I just upgraded to unlimited again... lost my $5/mo plan but whatever.

The other person above that says texts over 160 characters count for more than one is also true. Settings->Messages->Character Count (on) will help you see how many characters you're using. I'd suggest turning that on if you haven't already.

Your detailed bill should show when and to whom each message was sent to/received from. With a little effort, you can compare to your phone and figure out where the discrepancy is.

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I've often found my detailed bill shows a lot of duplicate text messages that I don't really think should be there. Never knew for certain, and I have been unlimited for years now. Maybe something similar is happening here.

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